The new "Barbie" movie hadn't even come out, and yet I'd already been invited to three Barbie themed pool parties. Ever since the plastic doll became this summer's "It girl" it seems everyone these ...

Barbie turned 30 the year I was born. That same year, my grandmother bought a dome cake pan for making Barbie cakes: typically, a Barbie doll enveloped to the waist in frosted layers of cake, carved ...

Barbie has been a cultural phenomenon since she hit the shelves in 1959, but the new movie about the Mattel-designed doll has helped to usher in a new wave of interest in all things Barbie. Time ...